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Vocabulary "Turquoise Horse"

Check your understanding of the vocabulary Gerald Hausman used in his story, "Turquoise Horse."

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transformedmade a great change or changed a thing into something else
hogana Navajo house
latillasa rooflike covering of straight branches or poles
tufa-castingan object formed by pouring hot, melted material to harden in a mold made from tufa, a type of stone
arroyoa deep narrow valley cut into the earth by a stream
circumstancesconditions that affect an event or a place
mesaa hill or mountain with a flat top and steep sides
abstractconsider a concept without thinking of a specific example
righteousdoing things that are god, honest, and moral
etchedengraved: cut or impressed into a surface



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